A decision-based configuration process model

Configuration management is linked to a data model of software processes in order to clarify the relationship between programming-in-the-large, in-the-small, and in-the-many. The data model also allows for the separation of conceptual from document-based version and configuration management by focusing on careful modeling of design decisions as a unifying concept to describe versioning, configuration, and mapping tasks. The close relationship to in-the-small ideas suggest applicability in process reusability. The authors also report on a prototype implementation on the knowledge base management system ConceptBase and experiences in a real-world case study